Except for the madman Ryunosuke Uryu who suddenly showed up, none of the other masters are fools.
They either hide in the city like Waver, hiding in inconspicuous houses and taking advantage of the high mobility of the Rider tank, or they build a workshop like Shinji and make their base as impregnable as possible.
A noble "lord" like Kenneth undoubtedly belongs to the latter. Although he has not been in Fuyuki City for a long time, he has already completely renovated the entire Hyatt Hotel.
This transformation is not physical, but refers to the strengthening of magic. In Kenneth's own words -
"There are 24 levels of enchantment, three magic furnaces, evil spirits to replace hounds, dozens of demons, countless traps, even underground sewers, and part of the corridor has been transformed into another world. In other words, we can compete with each other in secret arts without worrying about affecting the outside world. Let our guests have a good look at my magic workshop, Kenneth El-Melloi."
Even from a distance of hundreds of meters, Shinji could clearly see the pride on Kenneth's face. One could imagine how confident he was in his workshop.
According to Scathach's reconnaissance over the past few days, the defensive capabilities of Kenneth's workshop are only inferior to those of the Matou family, which has been fully strengthened by the original rune, and the workshop that Caster built using his job skills to be a similar extension of himself. It is enough to be compared with the ancestral workshop that Tōsaka Tokiomi is proud of - in terms of magic alone.
Yes, we only discuss defense against magic and don't consider anything else.
The vast majority of magicians in the world will subconsciously ignore or even despise technology. In their eyes, mysticism and magic are supreme, and as for science, it is nothing more than the struggle of ordinary people without talent and is not worth mentioning.
As a representative of traditional magicians, Kenneth also thought so, and took it for granted that all magicians had the same view as him. He never considered pure physical defense, let alone the possibility of being attacked by ordinary people.
So, he was tragic.
Before the smug look on his face faded away, he felt a violent shaking, as if the world was spinning.
Soon, the loud noise of steel and concrete collapsing echoed in the night sky, creating an extremely terrifying atmosphere.
The hotel collapsed!
The high-rise hotel, which was over 150 meters tall, remained upright as if it was sucked into the ground. Because all the outer walls collapsed inward, no debris flew out, and only the dust generated by the collapse covered the surrounding streets.
This is a very clever blasting technique - directional blasting, which is mainly used to destroy large high-rise buildings. By destroying the load-bearing walls and key pillars, the building is pressed inward due to its own weight. The minimum amount of explosives is used to achieve the purpose of complete destruction.
"There was no sound of the explosion, and the impact on the surrounding area was minimized. It's simply art."
Shinji put down the telescope and expressed admiration without any falseness.
"It is said that Emiya Kiritsugu is proficient in all the blasting techniques of the past and present, and is a well-deserved master of blasting. Today, I saw that his reputation is well-deserved, and he truly achieved 'art is explosion';."
Although he had not seen the real person, Shinji was sure that the director of this drama was none other than Kiritsugu Emiya.
As the saying goes, no matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of a kitchen knife. No matter how good you are, you can still be knocked down by a brick. If someone competes with you in magic, I will just dismantle it from the outside without entering the workshop. Let's see what you can do
Shinji dare not forget the family motto of the Flower Growing Family. Also acting according to this motto is the magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu, who only cares about efficiency in everything, and he is even more extreme than the former.
If Shinji were to attack, he would only destroy a few floors at most, but Emiya Kiritsugu directly blew up the skyscraper.
All the buildings in Fuyuki City that served as bases for magicians were on Emiya Kiritsugu's destruction list, and the Fuyuki Hyatt Hotel was one of them. Kiritsugu obtained the building's design drawings in advance and found the explosion point for setting the bomb. As long as he was fully prepared, the actual operation would not take even an hour.
According to Emiya Kiritsugu's judgment, the 32nd floor where Kenneth was located lost its support due to the chain reaction caused by the directional explosion, and eventually fell to the ground from a height of 150 meters in free fall. No matter how strong the magic barrier defense was, it could not protect the people inside in the face of such a strong destructive force.
Kiritsugu Emiya is like a praying mantis that has been planning for a long time and is hunting everywhere, and Kenneth is the cicada that he is targeting.
In order to ensure the death of "Cicada", Kiritsugu Emiya also specially arranged for his assistant Hisahi Maiya to perform fixed-point sniping. Once Kenneth used magic to escape from the 32nd floor, Hisahi Maiya would snipe immediately.
The sniper location chosen by Hisau Maiya was the observation deck on the 38th floor of the Fuyuki Center Building, right under Shinji's feet.
Relying on the "Hades Invisibility Cloak"'s stealth performance that is close to the power level, Shinji successfully sneaked from the 40th floor to the 38th floor. At this time, Hisau Maiya was reporting to Emiya Kiritsugu through the headset.
"The target did not move until the end and did not escape from the hotel."
Although she had just witnessed a devastating destruction, there was not a trace of excitement in her voice.
At this time, the Hyatt Hotel had completely collapsed, which meant that Hisahi Maiya's surveillance mission had come to an end. He took the bullets out of the gun, which had completed its mission before it had a chance to appear, put them in the suitcase, then put the sniper rifle back on his back, stood up, and walked down the stairs.
Suddenly, she noticed something unusual.
It wasn't just a general strangeness, but a more ambiguous change in the atmosphere.
Whether it is a soldier who has experienced many wars like Hisau Maiya, or Shinji who is now completely different from before, they can clearly feel the change in the air.
This is - murderous intent!
"—very perceptive, young lady."
Behind Maiya who had stopped walking, a deep and cold male voice was heard. The voice echoed in the empty reinforced concrete building, making it impossible to determine where it came from.
Maiya did not answer or ask, but calmly used her keen intuition to find the opponent's position and pulled out the 9mm pistol from her waist - anyone who appeared here and now, unless it was Emiya Kiritsugu, was an enemy, and there was no need to show mercy.
"—Hmph, it's good to have such awareness."
The man hiding in the dark spoke as if mockingly, and slowly walked out from behind the pillar where he was hiding, exposing himself to Maiya’s sight and gun.
The man in front of him was wearing a black monastic robe, and he exuded an inexplicable sense of majesty and oppression.